Vocabulary for the ISAT
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- SUMMARY
- Covering the main points.
- SYNONYM
- One of 2 words having the same or nearly the same meaning.
- PRODUCT
- The number resulting from the multiplication of 2 or more numbers.
- COMPUTE
- TO DETERMINE AN ANSWER USING MATHEMATICAL MEANS.
- IMPLIED
- TO INVOLVE BY INFERENCE OR ASSOCIATION WITHOUT USING A DIRECT STATEMENT.
- PERSONIFICATION
- REPRESENTING SOMETHING AS A PERSON IN THE HUMAN FORM
- LIMERICK
- HUMOROUS VERSE OF POETRY IN WHICH LINES 1,2,& 5 RHYME AND LINES 3&4 RHYME.
- PROPORTION
- THE RELATIONSHIP OF ONE PART TO ANOTHER OR TO THE WHOLE.
- INFERRED
- TO SUGGEST, DERIVE, CONCLUDE, OR JUDGE BASED ON OBSERVATION OR FACT.
- PREMISE
- AN ASSUMPTION OR PROPOSITION USED AS THE BASIS OF AN ARGUMENT.
- DRAMA
- A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE USING CHARACTERS & THEIR CONFLICTS TO PORTRAY A STORY.
- RATIO
- A MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP COMPARING THE SIZE, QUANTITY OR AMOUNT OF 2 OR MORE THINGS.
- CIRCUMFERENCE
- A MEASUREMENT OF THE OUTER BOUNDARY OF A CIRCLE (PERIMETER).
- ASSUMPTION
- SUPPOSING SOMETHING IS TRUE.
- FACTUAL
- OF OR RELATING TO FACTS.
- MODIFIES
- TO GRAMMATICALLY QUALIFY A TERM OR STATEMENT.
- INTERSECTION
- THE POINT WHERE TWO THINGS (LINES, STREETS) CROSS EACH OTHER.
- TRANSFORMATION
- A CHANGE OF VARIABLES OR COORDINATES IN WHICH A FUNCTION OF NEW VARIABLES OR COORDINATES IS SUBSTITUTED FOR EACH ORIGINAL VARIABLE OR COORDINATE.
- PROPAGANDA
- THE SPREADING OF RUMOR, IDEAS OR INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING OR INJURING A PERSON OR INSTITUTION.
- IRONY
- THE USE OF WORDS TO EXPRESS SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE LITERAL MEANING; THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL RESULT OF A SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES & THE NORMAL OR EXPECTED RESULT.
- TONE
- THE PITCH OF A WORD OFTEN USED TO EXPRESS DIFFERENCES IN MEANING.
- MOOD
- EMOTION EXPRESSED IN WRITING OR ART THAT CAPTURES THE FEELING OF THE PIECE.
- COMMISSION
- A FEE PAID TO AN AGENT OR EMPLOYEE FOR TRANSACTING A PIECE OF BUSINESS OR PERFORMING A SERVICE.
- SIMILE
- FIGURE OF SPEECH COMPARING UNLIKE THINGS THAT IS OFTEN INTRODUCED BY LIKE OR AS.
- METAPHOR
- A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A WORD OR PHRASE LITERALLY DENOTING ONE KIND OF OBJECT OR IDEA IS USED IN PLACE OF ANOTHER TO SUGGEST A LIKENESS OR ANALOGY BETWEEN THEM.